Category Archives: Americas Retail

Luxury Retailers Broaden Horizons to Target Urban U.S. Meccas

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The global luxury market continues to outpace expectations. Luxury spending exceeded €1 trillion last year largely driven by personal luxury good purchases. Americans were the second-largest group of luxury buyers behind the Chinese, making up nearly a quarter of the global luxury spend worldwide. But as Karl Lagerfeld famously said, “keep the best, forget the rest” and today’s luxury retailers are doing just that by selectively targeting 11 major U.S. cities… Read More

#LetsGoShopping Campaign Launches at 24 JLL-Managed Centers

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The sale of goods and services online is expected to grow 8.6 percent on average per annum for the next five years according to IBIS World. While retail shopping is moving online, it isn’t leaving physical stores in the dust as 92.5 percent of retail sales still happen in store according to JLL’s retail experts. In an effort to counter this misnomer, JLL is sparking an industry-wide conversation about the undeniable… Read More

JLL Tapped to Lease and Manage The Shops at Highland Village

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Highland Village_8242.jpgAEW Capital Management, L.P. has selected JLL to manage and lease The Shops at Highland Village, a 352,000-square-foot lifestyle shopping center located at 1701 Shoal Creek in Highland Village, Texas. Anchored by AMC Highland Village 12, Whole Foods Market and Barnes & Noble Booksellers, the open-air, pedestrian-friendly center includes 11 restaurants and 60 specialty shops including Banana Republic, White… Read More

Put the Phone Down & Reconnect with Mom at the Mall. #LetsGoShopping

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There are endless reasons why 92.5% of sales still happen in store. Date Night. Just for Fun. Retail Therapy. The Right Fit. Family Bonding. The list is endless. JLL  Retail marketing believes the shopper and our industry wants to share in this movement and get shopping. This digital campaign is a call to action produced through four videos which speak to the emotional connection you experience when shopping. Twenty-three properties have… Read More

Retail Cross-Border Expansion is Rising in the Top 50 Global Cities

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Many say success is a journey, not a destination, but according to JLL’s latest report – the destination is everything. JLL’s Destination Retail report, which looks at the top cities worldwide for retailing, shows 50 major global cities have risen to the top of the list for mainstream, premium and luxury retailers’ expansions. While the list is dominated by cities in Asia Pacific, those in the Middle East are coming on… Read More

Aliana, in Houston, Lands New HEB Grocery Store

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aliana-imgOn behalf of Aliana Development Company, JLL today announced the firm has completed the sale of 15 acres of land zoned for retail development in Richmond, Texas. HEB purchased the asset, and has commenced construction on an upscale 102,000-square-foot HEB grocery store located at SH-99… Read More

Geno Coradini Re-joins JLL as EVP of Retail Integrated Portfolio Services

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Companies of all sizes, and increasingly retailers, are implementing integrated portfolio management solutions to make smarter real estate decisions and solve their business challenges. To better support retailers with their real estate portfolios, JLL today announced that it has welcomed back Geno Coradini to the firm as Executive Vice President, Retail Integrated Portfolio Services (IPS) Lead, where he will be responsible for working with our retail tenant representative brokers nationally to… Read More

CityCenter Enters Into Agreement to Sell The Shops at Crystals in Las Vegas

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Shops at CrystalsCityCenter Holdings, LLC (“CityCenter”), a venture between MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) and Infinity World Development Corp., today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with a venture led by Invesco Real Estate (NYSE: IVZ) and Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG) to acquire The Shops at Crystals for a purchase price of approximately $1.1 billion.

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JLL Expands Retail Brokerage Services into Beverly Hills

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JLL today announced the firm has hired Houman Mahboubi as Senior Vice President to expand its Los Angeles Retail practice. Mahboubi brings unmatched relationships with highly respected landlords, restaurant groups, and various high-end retailers in Beverly Hills and throughout Southern California. In the last five years, Mahboubi has closed more than $100 million and five million square feet of transactions. He is joined by Associates Devin Klein, Greg Briest and Montrese… Read More

JLL Adds Retail Tenant Representation Duo in Atlanta

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Sarah and Logan ComboJLL today announced the firm has hired Sarah Williams as a Senior Vice President and Logan Elder as a Senior Associate to grow the firm’s Southeast Retail practice. The addition of Williams and Elder is part of JLL’s strategic growth initiative to build a national retail brokerage business and… Read More